Acute abdominal symptoms in children
EBM Guidelines
Jan 28, 2021 • Latest change Jul 10, 2013
Table of contents
- Essentials
- History
- Physical examination
- Laboratory investigations
- Diagnostic clues
- Pyloric stenosis
- Invagination evd
- Incarcerated hernia
- Acute testis
- Acute appendicitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Respiratory infections
- Urinary tract infection and other serious bacterial infections
- Constipation
- Henoch–Schönlein purpura
- Other causes
Extract
- Most abdominal symptoms in children can be treated by the general practitioner. The most common one is ”dolor abdominis NUD” that has no known aetiology but apparently is a disease in its own.
- It is important to identify diseases requiring surgical treatment.
- Acute appendicitis is by far the most common cause of abdominal pain requiring urgent treatment.
- The cause of abdominal pain may also be located outside the abdominal region, e.g. in respiratory infections.
- Of non-surgical diseases, urgent treatment is indicated in severe bacterial infections (pyelonephritis, meningitis).
Search terms
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